KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION DAYS Children and their parents need to attend all three days. More information will be available closer to the dates. Enrolments forms are available from the school office. (Full Birth Certificates required.)

Orientation Days are :

Wednesday 8th November (2.00-3.00pm)

Thursday 16th November (10.00-11.30am)

Thursday 23rd November (9.00-11.00am) (includes Morning Tea)

HAPPY SAS Staff Week 4 September – 8 September 2017 Please take the time to pop into the office and thank our hard working School Administrative and Support Staff for the great job they all do.

Thank you to Mrs Evans, Mrs Lume, Mrs Portelli, Mr Leonard, Mrs Bootsma, Mrs Greaves, Mrs Courtney & Mrs Hagipantelis. Mrs K Masciocchi Principal

Truth Quality Care Awards Term 3 Week 6

Oliviya C, Elaina H, Dominic P, Tahlia B, Ethan C, Dilara S, Cooper S, Leah S,

Kyla H, Elizabeth W, Hunter E, Lorelai H, Aliyah B & Elise B.

Congratulations.

Term 3 Week 8

Dear parents & caregivers

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL PARENTS: When your children bring home a note about an excursion, incursion, GALA Day and other activities, there is always a date by which all notes and money are to be returned to school.

For those parents who may have forgotten or not read previous information, there is a need to stick to these dates for the following reasons:

1. With our new LMBR Finance System, we have to attach a date before every event where money is collected and it has to be before the actual event. This is to allow the Department to receive an invoice and pay the companies involved. WE DO NOT WRITE CHEQUES ANYMORE. IT IS ALL DONE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT’S FINANCE SECTION. All money is collated and counted BEFORE an event.

2. We compile student lists for the various events which are retained as Variation to Routine paperwork : some need to have medical forms attached, all need permission from an adult, we need to provide work for those students not going and work out where they are going if their teacher is on the excursion, we need to work out teacher ratios when some children go and some don’t. We need to ensure we mark our rolls accurately as these are legal documents.

3. We don’t have time to be checking many notes and payments, ringing parents about forgotten equipment etc when we have buses waiting out the front to leave. It means a very stressful time for all involved in the front office and for teachers to be sure of who is going and who is staying at school.

Please ensure you have all money and notes in on time. This way your child will be sure to go on the excursion. REMEMBER from now on, if your note and money is not in by the specified date, your child will remain at school.

All notes can be found on our school’s website under “Notes to Parents” www.escholpark-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Woolworths Earn & Learn – 26 July until 19 September 2017 When shopping at Woolworths you can collect the Earn & Learn stickers. 1 sticker for every $10 spent.

Stick them onto a sticker sheet or just drop the stickers into the collection box in the school office. The more stickers we get the more resources we can obtain for the school.

Dates for your diary

Awards : Positive Behaviour in our School

on the playground

Term 3 Week 6 : Joel 1/2B, Timmy 3/4A, Carlos 2JM, Hayley 3/4B, Elise 5/6W, Max KH Week 7 : Paul 3/4W, Maddox 5/6K, Max 3/4B, Yanaai 1/2D, Georgia 3/4B, Amir 1/2D

Kindergarten Enrolments for 2018: Your child is eligible to enrol at our school if they are five or turning five on or before 31 July 2018. If you will be enrolling your child for Kindergarten next year, please contact the office staff for enrolment details. If you are applying for ‘Out of Area’ enrolment, contact the office staff for the appropriate form and return the form to the school as soon as possible. We cannot guarantee placement for ‘Out of Area’ children until we review all the applications. Each case is considered separately.

Friendly Reminder to High School students who pick up their brothers and sisters after school. I am requesting that all high school students wait for their brothers or sisters in the area in front of the school canteen. Please do not wait outside the classrooms or in the corridors. I also ask that you do not throw footballs, basketballs etc around as we have had one lady hit in the head recently. The playground is too congested at this time for these games

Sept 8 Football Colours Charity Day 12 Debating Workshop Yr 5 13 Assembly K-2: 9 am, 3-6: 2pm 19 STEM Showcase at EVHS 22 Pyjama /Movie Day Last Day Term 3

KJ Mileyna S Aaliyah H

KH Cooper S Lewis S

K/1N Ryan S Ashton B

1/2B Taylah G Hadi B

1/2D Ariel L Xavier K

1/2S Aydon S Insia D

2JM Jordyn B Isabel H

3/4A Isaac-Paul E Jessie G

3/4B Alex D Mahnee G

3/4W Maddison W Hayden M

4/5G Deaken S Charlotte H

5/6K Lily B Brodie H

5/6S Maribel R Hannah M

5/6W Izybel P Isabella K Armani B

Thank you P&C To our hard working P&C members – thank you for your efforts last week in particular for the preparation time spent purchasing, wrapping and selling Father’s Day presents for our students (and dads). THANK YOU from the parents, students and staff.

SCHOOL PLANNING INFORMATION The last day of school for students is FRIDAY 15 December 2017.

The staff have completed time in lieu for the two professional learning days that are scheduled for 18 and 19 December 2017. They have remained back at school on four occasions until 6.30pm completing various learning activities and evaluative projects. Therefore, there will be no staff at school on these two days

SPORTS REPORT : Athletics Champions These are our Athletics champions receiving their trophies at the recent Friday assembly. Congratulations to these fine athletes. Thank you is extended to Mrs Natter for her fine organisation of the whole Athletics event.

The Winning House was Hollylea Senior Boy : Tye Junior Boy : Brock

Senior Girl : Charli Junior Girl : Jakeelie

On Tuesday 29th August (26 students) and Wednesday 30th August (27 students) attended the Fields Zone Athletics Carnivals for Track and Field events. The students competed well and special mention goes to Tye, who broke the Zone record in the Senior Boys High Jump with a height of 1.64m. The following students will now be representing the Fields Zone at the Sydney South West Area Carnival next Wednesday : Brock, Kiyaan, Amir, Zaid, Hayley, Jakeelie, Layla, Aisha, Tye, Jordyn, Charli.

Congratulations to these students and good luck for next week.

AWARD REMINDER This is a reminder to all students and parents that it is the responsibility of each child to look after their own PBL, Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards. When they are ready to trade make sure you bring in the awards and give them to the class teacher who will sign the back of each award when they are traded so they cannot be reused. Also please remember that this is a new system and it will take most children approximately 2 years to reach a Gold level. It is a most prestigious level now and takes time to get there. This makes it even more special.

CANTEEN SPORTS FEVER LUNCH DAY 31 August All students who purchased a Lunch Package for this promotion last week, had the chance to win a prize. The two lucky winners of a football and a basketball were : Jaymie and Ben

5/6K

S C I E N C E

TELL THEM FROM ME : PARENT SURVEY Dear parents and caregivers The Tell Them From Me survey helps us to clarify and strengthen the important relationships between the parents and school. The survey is anonymous and is held once a year (Term 3) and is run at the same time as the Focus on Learning teacher survey and the student survey. The parent survey provides our school with parents’ perspective on our school as well as learning at home. Communication between parents and staff, activities and practices at home, and parent views on the school’s support of learning and behaviours, all help to build an accurate and timely picture that we can use for practical improvement. The survey is conducted online at home or you can use the computers at our school. The lab will be open on Wednesday 6th September, Thursday 7th September and Friday 8th September from 8.30-9.00am if you wish to use the school computers. Mr Howe and Mrs Whitehead will be available to help you set up. The survey takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. The survey link will close on 21st September 2017. Please copy and paste the following link into your internet browser and this will ensure the survey launches directly to page one of the survey – “Begin Survey”. https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/ftsbt If you have any issues with the link or the survey, please contact the school office staff who would be most happy to help you. Thank you for your support and valued input into life at our school. Mrs K Masciocchi Principal

A FABULOUS OPEN DAY FOR BOOK WEEK It was great to see everyone get into the spirit of Book Week and dress up as their favourite book characters. I have uploaded many photos to the website so take a moment to have a browse. Thank you to the many parents and relatives who came along and made it a special day for everyone.

Writing Award Winners from Term 3 : Week 6 Assemblies